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hyperventilating

hyperventilating is the present participle and gerund of hyperventilate.

Meaning of hyperventilate

Verb

hyperventilate (third-person singular simple present hyperventilates, present participle hyperventilating, simple past and past participle hyperventilated)

  1. (intransitive) To breathe quickly and deeply, especially at an abnormally rapid rate.
    • When I tried it, I hyperventilated.1981 April 15, Ira Berkow, “DRAMA IN 'STENGELESE: YOU CAN LOOK IT UP”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    overbreathe

Questions about hyperventilating

What is hyperventilating the present participle and gerund of?
Hyperventilating is the present participle and gerund of hyperventilate.

Words near hyperventilating in the dictionary

  1. hypervelocity
  2. hyperveneration
  3. hyperventilate
  4. hyperventilated
  5. hyperventilates
  6. hyperventilating
  7. hyperventilation
  8. hyperventilations
  9. hyperventilative
  10. hyperventilator
  11. hyperventilators

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